Bundaleer
Coordinates: 33°18′30″S 138°35′45″E / 33.30842°S 138.59591°E
Bundaleer Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in South Australia.
It is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Jamestown and 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Spalding.
The property was established in 1841 by John Bristow Hughes and occupied an area of 312 square miles (808 km2).[1]
In 1854, Charles Brown Fisher bought Bundaleer from Hughes for £31,000.[2]
By 1864 it was estimated that the property was carrying about 80,000 sheep worth over £40,000.[3]
Planting trees on the run commenced under William Murray in 1876, the beginning of forestry in both South Australia and Australia as a whole. Trees from Europe, North America were tested for local conditions with Pinus Radiata being found to the most suitable and one of the fastest growing.[4] The forest is a mix of native and exotic trees, timber is still taken from the reserve and replanting is completed annually. A bushfire closed the southern end of the reserve near Curnow's hut in 2013.[5]
The North Bundaleer homestead was constructed in 1898, it was later acquired by the state government in 1911. It is located opposite the Bundaleer forest and is a single storey mansion based on a rectangular plan with a large central hall.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Bundaleer Homestead Complex, Spalding - Jamestown Rd (Route 83), Jamestown, SA, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ "Fisher, Charles Brown (1818–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. 1972. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ "Shepherd Kings". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia: National Library of Australia). 26 August 1864. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ↑ "Forestry in the early days". Forestry SA. 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ↑ Jacqueline Outred (20 June 2014). "Bundaleer Forest, SA". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 18 August 2014.